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Al Gore: Former vice president and senator in excerpts from his testimony on Thursday.

(AP) Al Gore is finding he hasn't convinced
everyone about the dangers of global warming.
The former vice president was met by overflow crowds as he
testified on Thursday before House and Senate panels about what he calls
a "true planetary emergency."

He was also challenged on the Senate side by Republican James
Inhofe of Oklahoma, who has labeled global warming a
hoax. Inhofe grilled Gore about his own use of energy at his
Tennessee mansion. When Gore tried to respond at length, Inhofe cut
him off.
Gore suggested that he and Inhofe discuss it over breakfast.

Gore told lawmakers they should cut carbon dioxide and other
warming gases by 90 percent in the next four decades to avoid a
crisis.